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The Revolutions of 1848 swept all across Europe, in France, modern Germany, the Austrian Empire, modern Italy, Denmark, modern Romania, and more. What was unique about Europe in 1848/9 that resulted in dramatic continent-wide upheaval rather than uprisings against specific states?
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What made Arian Christianity the dominant religion among so many barbarian tribes of late antiquity like the Goths and Vandals? Why did it remain so attractive even many years after the Council of Nicaea declared it heretical?
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You often hear of Europeans travelling to China on the Silk Road. Did Chinese merchants come to Europe, and, if so, in what volume?
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The word "Mughal" comes from Mongol. To what extent did the Mughal emperors claim the legacy of the Mongol Empire?
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I recently learned that the oath of support sworn to William of Normandy by Harold Godwinson as represented in the Bayeux Tapestry and other Norman chronicles is not mentioned in English sources. How likely is it that the incident was a Norman fabrication?
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While I am familiar with the recognition of the discovery of new continents across the sea in Europe, when did the people of Asia first come to know about the New World? How did they initially react to it?
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Did Charlemagne really not know that the Pope was going to crown him Roman Emperor on 25 December 800?
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The Offa Dinar is a coin minted in the name of an eighth century Anglo-Saxon king that is a copy of the Arabic dinars of caliph Al-Mansur, complete with a (messed-up) inscription in Arabic on one side. What was the purpose of the king of Mercia modeling coins on Abbasid dinars?
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